ALBANIA/KOSOVO – Within the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, Open Labs Albania in partnership with IPKO Foundation, implemented the project “Preserving WB Cities Identity through Participatory Architecture”. The project took place from November 2019 to November 2020 and helped young people explore the urban development challenges
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WESTERN BALKANS – Twelve social businesses, two from each: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, will be supported with financial grants of 2.500€ and a regional incubation program to make their ideas a reality. The selected social businesses of young people are supported with a total of 30.000€ within the RISE
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WESTERN BALKANS – The ROUTE WB6 project proudly opens the registrations for the first regional volunteers exchange program. This is the first program of this kind in the Western Balkans, designed by the young people for young people. We encourage all young people 18-30 years old to register for volunteering opportunities across the region. The registration
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At the end of the every hard working week, RYCO will be giving you a youth perspective on regional and local hot topics through works of the students of journalism from around the Western Balkans WESTERN BALKANS – Within the framework of the advocacy project “A Better Region Starts with Youth”, RYCO organized a three-month
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WESTERN BALKANS – An online capacity building training for the RYCO beneficiaries supported within the fourth RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-funded by the European Union took place on Thursday, 11 March. The training gathered representatives from the lead applicants of the twelve awarded projects within this call. It provided an in-depth understanding of
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ALBANIA/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/MONTENEGRO/SERBIA – Within the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture (IDMC) from Albania, in partnership with the Bosnian Representative Association for Valuable Opportunities (BRAVO) from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Network for the Education and the Development of the
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WESTERN BALKANS – Within the project “Supporting the Western Balkans collective leadership on reconciliation: building capacity and momentum for the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO)”, UNDP is looking to engage international and national evaluation experts. The general objective of these assignments is to contribute to the conduct a final evaluation of the project outcome in
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WESTERN BALKANS – Are you curious to find out more about people living in your neighboring places in the region? Want to learn how to produce a video with your smartphone and work in a cross-border team? If the answers are “Yes”, then you are in the right place. Deutsche Welle is looking for participants
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ALBANIA/KOSOVO/MONTENEGRO – Within the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, EcoAlbania in partnership with the Environmentally Responsible Action Group (ERA) from Kosovo and the Green Home from Montenegro implemented the project “Cross-border Dialogue: Youth Collaboration for Transboundary Dinaric Alps”. The project took place from November 2019 to
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TIRANA – Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania Mr Kreshnik Loka met with General Director of the National Youth Agency Ms Kleina Kasanai on Thursday, 25 February when they discussed the organizations’ upcoming plans for 2021 and possible synergies for future cooperation. Mr Loka shared RYCO’s ongoing programs with a special focus on
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